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plastic surgery
plastic surgery
noun
: surgery that improves or repairs the form or appearance of body parts
Full Definition of PLASTIC SURGERY
: surgery done to repair, restore, or improve lost, injured, defective, or misshapen body parts
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Examples of PLASTIC SURGERY
- He needed plastic surgery on his face after the car accident.
First Known Use of PLASTIC SURGERY
1842
Rhymes with PLASTIC SURGERY
plastic surgery
noun (Medical Dictionary)
Medical Definition of PLASTIC SURGERY
: a branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen parts of the body chiefly by transfer of tissue; also : an operation performed for such a purpose
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